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Simon McBeth

Explore the changes from Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 2, homework guidelines, reading initiatives, behavior policies, and essential items needed for Year 3 & 4. Stay informed about curriculum focus areas and upcoming trips.

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Simon McBeth

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  1. Simon McBeth Welcome to Year 3 & 4 Jenna Ford Joanne Fishwick Louise Samson Hilary Ash Luke Bennett

  2. Changes from Key Stage 1to Key Stage 2 Greater self-organisation expected. The pace of work increases. Break time in the morning only. Fruit or healthy snack at break. Lunchtime 12:20pm to 1:25pm. Behaviour Pride, respect, responsibility. Golden Time. Missed time / earned back. Serious incidents – card system. Good behaviour booklet on website

  3. Focus: Art and Design- aquarium, exploration Trip: Sealife Centre Focus: Science Trip: Alice in Wonderland Focus: History- Stone Age, UG and his stone trousers! Focus: Science- models of the digestive system Focus: Geography- native American theme Focus: Geography- river study,

  4. Homework Homework will be completed in a homework book this year. We expect the same standard as would be expected in school. Please follow the presentation guidance in the book. If the work is not up to standards children will be asked to re-write in their own time. Children should be given a sensible amount of time to complete their homework - we are after quality rather than quantity. This year there will only be a focus of spellings, with sentences, times tables and reading 3 times a week. Spellings: Lists handed out on Friday (some on school website) LCSWC Spelling test on Friday Homework book: Given out on Friday Hand in on Wednesday If a child is struggling with any aspect of the homework please contact the class teacher or send them back in with their homework.

  5. Reading In school: Guided reading in groups Individual readers Reading ambassadors/ champions Library books as well as Reading Stage books At home: Reading Records Aim to read with your child or question them on the text 3 times a week and sign and record the reading record Reading comprehensions Across school and home a wide variety of genres and media should be covered and to read for pleasure

  6. Maths

  7. School website Dates, newsletters, updates, celebration of work and other information. Please tell us if you do not give permission for your child’s photo to be taken during school activities DOJO’s- reward system and also allows messages and photos to be sent and shared- please sign up http://www.walterevans.derby.sch.uk/ ‘How we teach…’ materials Behaviour policy

  8. Your child will need Pencil case – to fit in a tray and include a pencil, 30cm ruler and rubber, thin whiteboard pen. PE kit – indoor and outdoor, Art shirt, NO swimming this year! New coloured shirts ordered from office Book bag- please NO large rucksacks Water bottle Blue fibre tip pen (Berol handwriting bought from school shop) A reminder list is given out each term. Everything should be named! Year 4 WOPS instrument provided

  9. 1st Day Children will come in at 8.45 as they are currently which is via the gate outside of FS and walk past Y1/2 and onto the playground into the Y3/4 classes. Please let your children walk round by themselves. Registration at 8:55am. At 3.30 the children will walk on the path around the hall to the top of the drive where they will look for who is picking them up. They must tell the teacher and will then be allowed to leave.

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